vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2014-3591: libgcrypt: use ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption (new side-channel attack)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Nov 29, 2019 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 29, 2019
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 does not implement ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain the server's private key by determining factors using crafted ciphertext and the fluctuations in the electromagnetic field during multiplication.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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